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AIN Blog: Let's Kick The FAA Into Action On New Regulations
The rapidly rising cost of light airplanes. Source: GAMA
The rapidly rising cost of light airplanes. Source: GAMA

Everyone in general aviation (GA) seems happy that the U.S. Senate has introduced a bill to force the FAA to simplify Part 23 certification regulations, the Small Aircraft Revitalization Act of 2013 (S.1072) introduced by senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). According to NBAA, this bill and another introduced in the House of Representatives “would set a date for implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) recommendations to adopt consensus-based, design-specific performance requirements to achieve FAA certification.”

While this is a laudable effort, don’t hold your breath expecting that, if such a bill passes, much is going to change or that this will have a huge effect on the GA industry. There are two key reasons why.

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Matt Thurber
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